[PAA-Discuss] FW: Oil and Global Warming Today: Hear Voices from the Front Lines

Lee Loe leeloe at igc.org
Thu Aug 17 20:15:12 EDT 2006 

 

 

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Subject: Oil and Global Warming Today: Hear Voices from the Front Lines

 


 
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Dear Lee,

This September, Global Exchange is bringing leaders from climate change and
oil affected communities to speak at events across the U.S. Speakers from
the Arctic, Nigeria, Iraq, New Orleans and small island nations such as
Micronesia and Tuvalu will come to share their stories, inspire action and
bring hope for the future. 

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The Voices from the Frontlines speaking tour will raise national awareness
about global warming, environmental racism and the insidious influence of
oil companies on political decision-making. At a time when the heat is
rising, gas prices are skyrocketing and the oil and gas industry has
"invested" more than $10 million of their record profits in the 2006
congressional race, these voices will amplify the real story of how big oil
affects our global community. 

If you're interested in having one of these inspirational speakers come to
your city email June <mailto:june at globalexchange.org>  or for more
information visit
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http://www.globalexchange.org/voices>  us on the web

Speakers Include:

 
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http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/162.html> Ben Namakin
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http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/162.html> Ben Namakin Ben
Namakin is an environmental educator who grew up on the Pacific Islands of
Kiribati and Micronesia where he witnessed first hand how increased erosion
and rising sea levels from global warming threaten the survival of islands.

 

 
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http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/163.html> Faith Gemmill
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http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/163.html> Faith Gemmill
is a Pit River/ Wintu and Neets'aii Gwich'in Athabascan from Arctic Village,
Alaska. As the outreach coordinator for REDOIL (Resisting Environmental
Destruction on Indigenous Lands), Gemmill works to stop the damage that the
fossil fuel industry is doing to Alaska native sovereignty, human and
ecological health and climate change. gical health and climate change. 

 
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=http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/152.html> Raed Jarrar
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<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=172002131&url_num=11&url
=http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/152.html> Raed Jarrar is
a half-Iraqi, half-Palestinian writer, architect, and human rights activist.
When Jarrar was the Country Director of CIVIC Worldwide, the only
door-to-door casualty survey after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, he saw
firsthand the human cost of U.S. oil addiction. Jarrar is now in the U.S.
working as the Project Director for Global Exchange, where he is exposing
how our oil based economy has driven the U.S. into an unjust war in Iraq and
resulted in innumerable atrocities and national insecurity.




 
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=http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/134.html> Omoyele Sowore
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=http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/134.html> Omoyele Sowore
is a Nigerian who has spent the last 15 years working to promote human
rights and democracy in Nigeria, and to stop the militarization and violence
that multinational oil companies have brought to his country. Human rights
groups estimate that in the last 10 years military factions acting on behalf
of multinational oil companies have killed more than 2,000 people in the
Niger Delta. 


To read more about these and additional speakers, please
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=http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/oacspeakers.html>  visit
us on the web.

What You Can Do: 

1. Host an Event-host a speaking event in your city this September or
October, please send an email today to June <mailto:june at globalexchange.org>
. 

2. Donate-help bring these integral voices to audiences across the United
States. Donate to the Voices from the Front speaking tour.
[Click
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3. Take Action-get oil money out of Congress by urging your Congresspeople
to take the Separation
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Oil and State pledge. Also, visit our Independence
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=172002131&url_num=16&url
=http://www.globalexchange.org/war_peace_democracy/oil/>  from Oil campaign
to find out how you can help end U.S. oil addiction

4. Stay Updated-as events are scheduled, they will be posted to our Schedule
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=http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/schedule.html>  of
Nationwide Speakers. Please continue to check the schedule to stay updated
on our speaking events. 





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